Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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In the UK, it's not. CNX, which did Adult Swim has changed into Toonami and now just shows complete crap. I still remember CNX, with Sealab, Home Movies and Uncut Bebop.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Grah, Even animes do Clip shows. Excel Saga apparently learned the habbit from Simpsons.
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by evan: Well,not every Evangelion episode had a giant mecha fight to conclude it. Even still, when there was said fight, it was one government organization versus another "organization," not The Big O's "every private individual has a mecha to destroy the city" line of reasoning. Although, I have read ahead, and I do know there should only be 3 major Megadueces in the series. I'm fine with that. But not every episode has to end the same way. Well, aside from the three Bigs, most of the mecha in season two are either from the Union (the "foreigners" from episode 10) or from Paradigm. So, there's your organizations, if you want them. Also, not every episode in season two ends with a mecha fight. Sometimes, I just want Roger Smith to investigate and shoot the guy. Well, he doesn't carry a gun, so obviously that never happens. He does get to punch people a few times though.
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Pitt Clemens
Urban Legend
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Anime that does not do a clip show: Noir. What they do to make up for it: LAME! Will someone please site precident on the whole "It was really SEELE fighting NERV the whole time" plot arc?
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wu_konguk
Urban Legend
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Pitt. I think how Gendo puts it, sums up the reason for your question. Gendo: "Mans greatest enemy is man himself" Or put another way Everyone had different agendas but only cooperated to a point. Gendo mearly wanted to intiate 3rd impact so he could be with Yui again. Seele on the other hand wanted to intiate human intrumentality, which if I understand right removes the idea of self.
It comes down to double and triple crossing. With third parties intefering to make things even more complicted Oh and Nudy. All most all anime I have seen has at least one episode that is made up from the previous episodes. The joke in Excel saga was based on anime not the Simpsons, I'm pretty sure they even said as much. The only anime that springs to mind that does not do this is Cowboy Bebop (I'm sure there are others but this is one that comes straight to mind).
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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I've seen the Clip Show, it was okay due to the fact I missed the first episode and some amusing jokes were fitted in. I just shudder and think of the Simpsons when Clip shows loom into view.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Pitt, you mentioned Futurama references in Excel?
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wu_konguk
Urban Legend
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As was promised. Full Metal PanicNow I must say this is a strange anime (mind you not alwys in a good way). I say this because of how it is presented. When I first began watchign I thought it was going to be a serious mecha anime (a la Gasaraki) and for part it was until the introduction of the female lead Kaname Chidori. Then the show becomes different with lots and lots of fan service. The series seems to be trying to mix alot of genre's together. The militarary, romance, ecchi (basically means slightly perverted), school drama, mecha and a bit of sci fi. To be honest some of it does not seem to gel well and sometimes the characters do not seem to react as you would expect them to in some of the situations. I give it to the series that it did have some good moments. Some of the humour was good and the animation is superb. The major porblem I have with the series is characterisation or lack there of. The do characterise the two main character abit (Segent Segara and Chidori) but the more interestign characters are hardley given any back story at all. I do think some people here will like this quite abit due to it's military leanings and general perverseness. All in all it's good just not great. B-
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Oooh, sounds nice.
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Lurrr
Professor
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Okay, I'm curious about Anime. Recommend me some.
Right now, I've watched Ghost in the Shell and a couple of episodes of Bubblegum Crisis (GitS was pretty good, wasn't overly impressed with BC). I'm reading through Akira and intend to watch the film once I've read the whole comic. Neon Genesis Evangelion has piqued my interest so I'm ordering some episodes from that, but is there anything else I should check out?
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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All four Tenchi series?
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Lurrr: Okay, I'm curious about Anime. Recommend me some. Princess Mononoke is really good. In fact, I'd recommend anything by Hayao Miyazaki. If you liked Ghost in the Shell, you might like Dominion. The anime isn't as good as the manga, but it's still worth watching. Also, I agree with Nurdy. Tenchi Muyo! is great, and so are all of the related movies and spin-offs.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Grave of the Fireflies is good, if you want some dramatic and depressing stuff.
Man, Sci Fi UK suck. They couldn't afford to buy the rights to the remaining 5 episodes of Excel Saga. And Roppenmatsu 2 cuteness is like radiation.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Pitt Clemens: Roppanmatsu2: I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE! [Rapes Excel]
Excel :[disrobes] I'll bring you back Hayatt. (Re-animation in progress)
Pedro: That was Damn good, Itz-san!
Hmmmm, what was the best Excel saga sex scene? Roppanmatsu2 and Excel. I love the little comment at the end by Excel. Also: Iwata in his post Roppanmatsu1 stage is the most annoying thing in anime, he somehow reminds me of those psychotic fanboys/girls that scare the crap out of the Japanese voice actors in conventions. How can Iwata smack such a cute thing? I surprised Wantanabe let that slide when Iwata has an ego trip. Still, I laugh at his horror after challenging R2 to and I quote: 'Chew Peanuts with her eyes and eat Spaghetti with her nose'. And can you explain the joke with R1 and 2's creator, that Scientist bloke always carrying a little girl with him.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Ah, problem. I can't see the new episode. E-mail me it.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah...We need some hot anime babe pictures now..
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peter griff
Poppler
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In my opinion, i think that the whole anime phenonom is very confusing. Every time I turn i my television to cartoon network, there is some man with big eyes and odd hair journeying into a plot that no one seems to understand. The whole craze is inconceivable to me.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Welcome to PEEL, peter griff! I basically agree with everything you said. I'd like to see where the whole anime craze ends up.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah, but we all know Cartoon Network is run by bastard people in Marketing who put a dollar sign on everything.
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wu_konguk
Urban Legend
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Well you always woat for one for ages then three come at once. In other words time for some more reviews. Blue Submarine 6I will not be telling you what this anime is about in this review as I feel the plot needs to be see to be appricated. The plot is a very interesting one that does raise some good questions. Let's see. Well the animation is amazing. The 3D CG has been well mixed with the 2D cell work. The water effects are brilliant. I did feel that some of the character designs seemed abit off but otherwise it was good. The music fits well to the piece and is very pleasent to listen to. This is one of those animes you have to see. After all the Wakoski (spelling) brothers thought the director did a good enough job. AGolden BoyWell if you can see the image above then it goes without saying what type of anime this is. If you can't, well the Japanese called it Echii which losely translated means perverted i.e this has alot of cleavage shots and panty shots. Never the less this is one of the funnier animes I have seen in a while (especially if you look at what I watched after it). The six episode series follow the wandering student Kintaro Oe as he travels from job to job trying to gain more and more knowledge. Now Kintaro does come off as your typical anime pervert but you do realise that he is a good guy and extremly intelligent (although his "upper" brain sometimes gives way to lower organs" ). This is fairly old so I was not expecting much from the animation or from the music. This anime really makes up for it, in the fact that it is very funny. If you can watch this anime. B+Witch Hunter RobinWell just finished watching this show and I will admit it is very good. Basically there are still witchs roaming around and societies have been set up to hunt them down. These societies employ their own witchs to hunt down the others. Robin is one of these Hunters. She is a 15 year old year with pyrokinetic abilities. Let's get a few things out of the way. As with most contempory animes the animation is stunning. It appears they have incorpirated texture maps used by programs like photoshop. The music is interesting, at times I felt it sounded liek the Harry Potter main theme and at others the theme to Metal Gear solid. The style of the show is quite similar to the X-Files. It's pace can seem quite slow and the conspirices slowley seep out. It is well worth watching it all the way through. One thing that might help with it's appeal to some people is tat like Cowboy Bebop this show does not use cliche anime moments (eg popping eyes, weird facial expressions). All in all a fairly sombering experience but still a very pleasent oen. A
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Oh! Oh! Review the original Dirty Pair!
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by peter griff: Every time I turn i my television to cartoon network, there is some man with big eyes and odd hair journeying into a plot that no one seems to understand. Is it Fry? Originally posted by wu_konguk: This is one of those animes you have to see. After all the Wakoski (spelling) brothers thought the director did a good enough job. That's not how you recommend Blue Submarine No. 6 to others, this is how you recommend Blue Submarine No. 6 to others: This anime is based on an old manga by Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy, the man sometimes called "the father of anime".
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